Ouagadougou/London, 23 April 2012 – Humanitarian support for the 46,000 Malians having taken refuge in Burkina Faso since mid-January is inadequate and insufficient, MSF is saying today. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing emergency medical aid in refugee camps in Oudalan Province, in the north of the country. More than three quarters of these refugees have ended up in this desert area where aid is very limited and where needs outstrip resources. Clashes between Tuareg rebels and the army in northern Mali have driven over a quarter of a million people to flee into Mali’s interior and neighbouring countries. In Burkina Faso, now home to the second-largest... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com bureau Chief in Banjul – President Yahya Jammeh has again condemned the idea of homosexuality, stressing in a latest pronouncement that no form of aid would make him to accept or tolerate homosexuality in the country. Jammeh, whose comments came weeks after 19 people including Gambians, a Senegalese and a Nigerian were arrested on suspicion of homosexual acts, and charged with two counts of attempts to commit unnatural offence and conspiracy to commit felony, was speaking Friday during the state opening of parliament. “If you are to give us aid for men and men or for women and... Continue Reading
Print, broadcast and online journalists from developing countries can apply for funding to attend a three-day seminar in Turkey. TrustMedia, a Thomson Reuters Foundation Service, invites journalists to apply to attend “Reporting on Terrorism and Global Security,” uniting security experts, authoritative commentators and journalists for a series of lively presentations and debates. Topics will include the role of the media and how journalists can avoid being exploited by terrorists to help them achieve their goals, fragile states, the Arab Spring and its impact on al Qaeda and Islamist political parties, the impact of turmoil in Libya and Syria on the... Continue Reading
Planning for a funeral might be a thought far removed from one’s mind when all is well, but it can be a cause for concern when death visits suddenly, as it often does. To address the unparalleled financial crisis and complications that diaspora death has over the years caused on Zimbabweans away from home, an innovative and attentive new funeral insurance scheme has been launched and it’s available worldwide. The Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan will be available to all Zimbabweans, at home and abroad, up to age of 70. Prospective members can join the scheme by logging into the website: www.diasporafuneralcashplan.com or... Continue Reading
….As High Level WASH Meeting Opens in U.S – By: WASH R&E-Network-Liberia – The Liberian government has expressed satisfaction for the level of global achievement for the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for drinking water and is calling for joint efforts in providing access to safe sanitation which according it say is more crucial in tackling killer diseases in developing countries. The Liberian Government’s call was made by Public Works Minister, Samuel Kofi Woods when he proxy for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (WASH Goodwill Ambassador for Africa) at the start of the High Level WASH Meeting on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene... Continue Reading
